In 2008, Glyndŵr University was established in Wrexham, Wales.

Glendower Residence, at the University of Cape Town in South Africa was named after Owain Glyndŵr.

It w It was reported that the university would be effectively abolished: its constituents Newport and Glyndŵr University were to become independent universities, while Swansea Metropolitan University would merge with Trinity Saint Davidand operate as University of Wales, Trinity Saint David ).

More changes followed in September 2007 when the university changed from a federal structure to a confederation of independent institutions, allowing those individual institutions which had gained the status of universities in their own right to use the title of university – these institutions are Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Glyndŵr University ( formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education ), Swansea Metropolitan University and Swansea University.

The main Arts centre is at Wrexham County Library called Oriel Wrexham holding exhibitions and events, with others at Glyndŵr University in Plas Coch and Yale College.

Further out of the centre The Centenary Club, the William Aston Hall and The Student Guild at Glyndŵr University also provide regular live music shows.

The William Aston Hall at Glyndŵr University is a 900-seat venue which has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, and is now designed to accommodate a range of events from conferences and exhibitions to theatrical performances and pop / rock concerts.

Three radio stations are based in the town – commercial stations Heart North West and Wales ( serving most of North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral ) & Heart Cymru ( serving Gwynedd and Anglesey ) are both broadcast from studios on Mold Road in Gwersyllt and community radio station Calon FM serves the county borough from studios at Glyndŵr University on Mold Road.

BBC Cymru Wales runs a studio and newsroom for their radio, television and online services located at Glyndŵr University.

Named after the 14th century scholar and last Welsh Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, Glyndŵr University was formed when the North East Wales Institute ( NEWI ) was granted full university status in 2008.

Glyndŵr remains an accredited institution of the University of Wales and offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

The Crispin Lane site was incorporated into NEWI ( now Glyndŵr University ) after the development of the Grove Park Campus.

The Racecourse is situated on the Mold Road, which is the main road heading into Wrexham, and is opposite the residential area of Maesgwyn, next to Glyndŵr University ; who owns the freehold to the stadium and have added their name to it.

In 2007 he was elected as President of NEWI ( Glyndŵr University ).

Wrexham is home to the main campus of Glyndŵr University ( formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education ).

Glyndŵr University (, ) is a university with campuses at Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph in north-east Wales.

The University is named after the medieval Welsh prince Owain Glyndŵr, who first suggested the establishment of universities throughout Wales in the early 15th century.

Glyndŵr University ( GU ) offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as professional courses.

Glyndŵr has remained a notable figure in the popular culture of both Wales and England, portrayed in William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1 ( anglicised as Owen Glendower ) as a wild and exotic man ruled by magic and emotion (" at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward.

As well as in Shakespeare, Glyndŵr, has been featured in a number of works of literature and is the subject of several historical novels, including:

For a study of the various ways Glyndŵr has been portrayed in Welsh-language literature of the modern period, see E. Wyn James, Glyndŵr a Gobaith y Genedl: Agweddau ar y Portread o Owain Glyndŵr yn Llenyddiaeth y Cyfnod Modern ( English: Glyndower and the Hope of the Nation: Attitudes to the Portrait of Owen Glyndower in Modern Age Literature ) ( Aberystwyth: Cymdeithas Llyfrau Ceredigion, 2007 ).

King Henry IV defeats a rebel army led by Henry Hotspur Percy who has allied with the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr.

Llandaff has been a focal point of devastating attacks by Owain Glyndŵr and Oliver Cromwell.

Glyndŵr has approximately 8, 000 full-time students and over 350 from outside the UK.

Machynlleth has a special role in Welsh history because of its connection with Owain Glyndŵr, a Prince of Wales who rebelled against the English during the reign of King Henry IV.

Glyndŵr University has two subsidiary companies:

Glyndŵr University has its own nursery called Little Scholars.

Notably, Gwynfynydd gold has been incorporated in the prestigious Glyndŵr Award.

It has been claimed that the church is the last resting-place of Owain Glyndŵr, the last native Welshman to hold the title of Prince of Wales.

Regarded as a traitor (" Crooked David ") by some Welshmen, he is regarded as a hero by others ; his reputation has waxed and waned with those of his enemy Glyndŵr and his ally King Henry V.

Like his opponent Glyndŵr, Gam has gained a sheen of legend and many stories about him are late oral traditions, folklore and family legends which may be unreliable.

However, Meibion Glyndŵr has been the only group to have had any claim to long-term success, although since the mid-1990s the group has been inactive and Welsh nationalist violence has ceased, at least on an organisational level.

Less than three years later, Henry was in command of part of the English forces — he led his own army into Wales against Owain Glyndŵr and joined forces with his father to fight Harry Hotspur at Shrewsbury in 1403.

Angharad bore David at least four children: a daughter, Marged ( who married Owain Glyndŵr ), and three sons, Gruffudd, Philip and John.

* Edmund Mortimer, son of the 3rd Earl, fought with Owain Glyndŵr and plotted with Henry Hotspur Percy to depose King Henry IV of England and divide the Kingdom of England and Wales in three.

One of his three poems composed for Owain Glyndŵr includes a vivid description of Owain's hall at Sycharth.

* Cefn Caer website-occasional residence of Owain Glyndŵr

At the end of the 13th century, the majority of the town's inhabitants, mainly English, enjoyed some prosperity but the Black Death and the Glyndŵr rebellion had destroyed this and by the end of the 15th century, the now largely Welsh, population lived in a struggling village.

The parish church of St Peter ad Vincula ( meaning Saint Peter in Chains ) in the village of Pennal in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, is notable as the site of the last senate meeting held by the renegade Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr.

Glyndŵr was born and lived much of his life around Wrexham and the Welsh Marches.

Wrexham is also home to a branch of Techniquest, known as Techniquest Glyndŵr.

The administrative county was abolished in 1974, with most of its territory becoming part of the new districts of Colwyn, Wrexham Maelor and Glyndŵr in Clwyd.

Glyndŵr University's base in Wrexham offers economical student living for UK students and those from abroad.

Indeed, Glyndŵr University is particularly popular with EU students who have established a firm base in Wrexham making Glyndŵr University one of the top 20 most popular destinations for EU undergraduate higher education students in the whole of the UK.

In 2001 that the band changed its name to Wrexham Brass and is now based at the Glyndŵr University campus in Wrexham.

The Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium, previously The Racecourse Ground () is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales.

In August 2011, after a period of instability at Wrexham Village Ltd, the owning company of the stadium and both the football and Rugby League clubs, the company agreed to sell the stadium and associated training grounds to Glyndŵr University.